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The Camden Journal. # PUBLISHED BY TOO. J. WARREN & C. A. PRICE, EDITORS AND PROPRrBTORR. TERMS. For the Sunoi Weekly, Three Dollars and Fifty Cents if paid in advance, or Four Dollars if payment is dc layed three months. For the Weekly, Two DuIIji9 and Fifty Cents in advance, or Three Dollars after the expiration of three months. MR. RIVES ON THE"SLAVERY QUESTION. Our minister to France has written a letter to a friend upon the controversy now going on between the two sections of our country. Although not intended for publication, his position and connection with political matters i?* 1 --!-s :*i- M.otcrlif jinil tilt;re vesr Ills opinigus WIU1 OUiuc vv.ys,..-, fore we suppose his epistle has found its way into the public prints. In this letter is the following paragraph, and in connection with it and another, we give some excellent comments thereon by the Charleston Evening News: "Absolute non-intervention on the part of Congress should be our motto?no Wilmot proviso, no legislation whatever by Congress, cither to prohibit or to introduce slavery in the new territories. Leave them to the natural and spontaneous course of tilings, and to the people who nay settle the country the unimpaired liberty, when the time arrives to establish a permanent Government for themselves, to exclude or to permit slavery, as to them mav scorn good, and as it will then he tneir unquesuun?u?vfreely to dccido. If we go beyond this, and demand of Congress any action whatever in aid of the establishment of slavery iti any portion of the territories in question, we abandon the great principle of non-intervention, which alone constitutes our safety and the invincible justice of our cause." " Now, non-intervention has been all along the " motto" of the Southern States. This has been their principle of resistance. It is to keep Congress within the line of this principle that all their efforts have been directed. The South """Of JnfimntoH n wish, much less a " dc IIOO UVtVI M ? - mand on Congress, for any action " to aid in the establishment of slavery in any portion of the new territories, against which Mr. Rives warns them. The whole progress cf the controversy shows that the position of the South has been not to act, but to prevent action. Its cry has been "hands off." Mr. Rives really addresses a warning to the South against action, when it has all along been on the defensive. But suppose non-intervention not possible, what then is Mr. Rives' remedy ? Does he counsel submission ? Does he propose acquiescence in a violation of this principle, in which consists, he says, " the safety of the South and the invincible justice of its cause I" lie proposes nothing. But he condemns a Southern Convention as a scheme of disunion. He affirms that the Wilmot Proviso is " intrinsically opposed to the just and equal spirit of our institutions;" yet to redress that injustice and inequality ho would set the mark of disorganizes on those who oropose to meet for common counsel in Convention; he goes further?he hints an affinity of design between such a Convention and the one having " the bad odor of a memorable example in our history," meaning the Hartford Convention. He advises the people of Virginia to withhold any- participation in the proceedings of such a Convention. lie J?na nnnogle tn tHpir splfish instincts. "She (Virginia) is geographically, as she long was and inav again be politically, the qentre of the federal system. The liberal and 1 enlightened policy of her legislators has, of late years, been rapidly making her what nature designed her to be, the thoroughfare and rcndezvousof our great and united sisterhood of States. Her great lines of railway, from north *o South, and from east to west, already completed or in progress under the noble and munificent p ovision recently made by the Legislature, were iutendod to be the avenues of n great constitutional intercourse, both of travel and of commerce, between the remotest extremes of an otnpire extending from the lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the I\ic:fic ocean. Into what ridiculous hut costly and ruinous abortions would they dwindle if Virginia, instead of being the thoroughfare, and, in some sort, the entrepot of the continent, enriched by the currents of a free and unshackled intercourse passing through her bosom, is to hecome a border State, standing on the edge of a divided confederacy, and looking out on the contiguous territory of foreign and possibly hostile States both to the North and the West? < H.-IJ!41. L. _i?.1. lor i iioiu ii iu ue nuauiuuri ) ?uiuu ..vu..v. , Maryland nor Kentucky can ever lie drawn in- J to any scheme of disunion." Now, it very ill becomes Mr. Hives, who ! abandoned those principles lor which the South j had for so many years contended against an j interested majority in Congress?-who left his | position in the ranks of five trade lor the smiles and patronage of the protectionists?to offer: counsel on this subject to the South or even to his own Stale, lie was brought up at the feet' of the Patriarchs of the Republican school of i Virginia. He received his earliest lessons from the teachings of the strict constructionists?the statesmen of 98. Mr. Madison would have taught him, if he did not choose to look beyond the constitution for remedy or relief against agi ii? e.?.. ?r a,.,*..,,..,,...* grOrtSlOll UIKier UIU lurilis ill mm mw uiumi, iliat a consultation by the aggrieved States is not disunion, when he said, in the Federalist, speaking of projects of usurpation by the Federal government?"They (the State Legislatures) can readily communicate with each other in the different States and unite with their common forces for the protection of their common liberty." But. if Mr. Rives had read the- address of the Mississippi Convention, he would have seen that the object of a Southern Convention was, I in its incipient Btage, consultative and not of disorganizing tendency. It was " to arrest the course of aggression," and " if not practicable, then to concentrate the South in will, understanding and action as the possible alternate resort, the call by the Legislatures of the assailed Suites of still more solemn Conventions, such as should be regularly elected by the peopie of those States to deliberate, speak and act - i ' *1% ffc ? with all the sovereign power of the people." It was to make provision in the last resort, when it was not possible to " arrest the course of aggression," that the idea was entertained of a compact by the Southern States to protect their rights. Now, would Mr. Rives advise * " ' ? ? + <-v ilia nklinro. submission, wnun oy iiu aj^voi uio tions of the Constitution could the course of aggression be arrested ? Would he counsel acquiescence by the South, it" his motto of nonintervention should be openly disregarded by the North? His advice, in substance, to Virginia, is union with the North against the South. What is the purport of his apj>oal to her interests to profit by her central position, but, in effect, to place her, through a false neutrality, in hostility with the South and in alliance with the North if a contest should come, neutrality would be impossible. A border State, having common interests with the South, if not with it, would add strength to the opposite side It is an anneal to the selfish impulses of the people of \ irginia against their patriotism. Washington, May 5, 1850. ?Mr. Wilmot's speech of Friday last, on the slave topic, was a strong effort to the prejudices of the northern people. Sectional and fanatical feeling may yet be too strong for the tie of union. Everywhere we hear, within a day or two, strong doubts as to the course of the House of Representatives. The plan is, when the Senate compromise bill comes to the House, to give it the coiiji <ie grace ut once, by laying it on the table. That motion will be made, and the vote will be a close one. If it prevail, the House will pass the California bill per se, and the Senate will again unite the territorial governments and the Texas ofl'er to it, and thus, the subject will be handed back and forth between the two Houses. I entertain the belief that, after a conference between the two Houses, some plan will be struck upon which will prevail. Mr. Winthrop has the floor for the next speech on the California inessjige, and there is much anxiety as to his views. It is believed that he holds the balance between the* friends and the opponents of Compromise. If he take ground with Mr. Webster for territorial governments, without the Wilmot proviso, the question will be thus settled. Some say that he will go for the non-action policy?that is, for California and nothing else. We shall see. The bill for the establishment of a Board of Agriculture, reported by Mr. Sturgeon in the Senate, appropriates for the object, the modest A* Imncnn/I /IaIIum TllO Kill nrn. bUIIl Ul blAlCCil UIVUOUUU UVUUI o. AIIV wiu |/I V vides for a commissioner of agriculture, a chemist, a secretary, a clerk, ar.d a messenger, and it leaves a small snm for the importation of seeds, 6ic.?Baltimore Sun. Northern and Southern Politicians.? We find the following remarks in the Philadelphia Spirit of the Times, headed "The secret of Southern predominance." ' We have never found fault with the South for its efforts at supremacy, however much we may have excused the North of an uninterrup*ed subservience to her men and interests. We have always regretted the success of her schemes, but have as constantly applauded the superior fineness and ability of her statesmen. 'iu._ ;a liiiinilinliiirr hnt tho XlltS ttUniJUV?*CWg?IJVilV imHiHM?.g, whole history of the country demonstrates the fact, that a comparatively weak section has always managed to control the government, and the emoluments arising from its administration. There must, of necessity, be some active cause for such results. " It can be traced to one simple aud undeniable fact. When a Southern community discovers a man of true talent and energy, it cherishes and promotes him, with a devotion partaking more of persona! than political attainment it allows no jKitty schemes to retard his advancement In this way the ?outh always has a Congressional delegation fully initiated in the mysteries and intrigues of legislation, and prepare for every political emergency which may arise, iu the doufh, the principle of rotation has no existence, 'i lie representatives ara retained often lor a life-time. The most ordinary mind can infertile superior tact of such representatives ! " With us of the North the case is different. We are constantly changing our delega tion, ami too oiteu ior trio worse. >ve .".now our representatives no sufficient time or opportunity to prepare themselves for usefulness and influential action. \\ e enter the conflict with politicians who have, been trained to every form of legislative lnancevre. Our representatives are inexperienced; and, consequently, unable to cope witn tneir Southern competitors. In this way, we give tne JSuutli every advantuge, without correctly appreciating the cause of its su perior management. There is 1'ood lor reflection in these lew remarks, which should not he passed unheeded in a State which will soon be called on to renew its Congressional delegation 1" I'hkscnt Condition of the Jews.?A correspondent ot the Jewish Chronicle, writing irotn I'iedinont, under date March 8th, states: " Vou can hardly imagine the miraculous change which the social and political condition ol the Jews has lately undergone. We enjoy true lihertv: we are on a neriect eoualitv with w. ? ? ^ ' t * i ^ our Christian neighbors, with tiiis difference only, that our rabbles are not paid their salaries by the State. Fortunately, however, our pastors can be paid by their own co-religionists, they having a budget of their own, and unite all their interest in the cause of religion. At present the Jews of Piedmont do not occupy many public otfices, because there are notmuuy of us capable of tilling them, but we have one Jew in the Chamber of Deputies, and a greater number in the Municipal Council. Dklkgatf.s to Nashville.?Col. R. F. W. Allston and Gen. W. J. Hatina have been selected from the Seventh (McQueen's) District. Drayton Nance, Esq., and Col. F. W. Pickens have been appointed Delegates, and John A Calhoun and Lieu. James Jones Alternates, from the Fifth (Burt's) District. % Louis Napoleon drives an American buggy through the streets of Taris. It is the only thing of an American pattern that he seems to know how to manage well. The rein6 of a Republican government trouble him greatly, TPIHIIE $6wmAJL CAMDEN. S. C. FRISDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1850. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Reported for the Journal. Charleston, May 9, 1850. Holders of Cotton have adopted easier rates, consequently the demand to-day has been better. 1200 bales changed hands at 10 1-4 to 13? principally at 11 1-4 to 12. Sales of the week 3000 bales; receipts 5600. W. 55/"* The Junior Editor of the Journal has left for Washington city, where he will remain for a short time. Our subscribers may rely upon receiving the latest Congressional News. The Woather Is at present very pleasant. We were favored with a most delightful rain oil Wednesday evening and night, which was very much wanted, as the long dry spell of weather was seriously against the crops. The prospects are now flattering, and we hope our farmers may all realize better crops than they have heretofore anticipated. Report of the Compromise Committee. j We learn from Telegraphic despatches in the Charleston and Columbia papers that Mr. Clay made a report from the compromise committee on Wednesday last. There was much Southern opposition to the boundaries of California, and a compromise was considered doubtful. It will be seen by the letter of the Baltimore Sun's correspondent in another column, that there is but little probability of the question being settled at this ses ^ioti of Congress. Our Mechanics. It is strange that so few of our mechanics in this country arrive at distinction in the various trades and callings in which so many are engaged. Comparatively to the large number thus employed, few, very few, excel; by far the greater number content themselves with " plodding a weary way," and never aspire above mediocrity. There are reasons for this. It is not reasonable to suppose that every artisan shall become a master workman, but there ought to be a larger number of professorso to speak?men of scientific acquire, ments, capable of giving lone nnd character to the various trades and callings. We need scientific men of this class, as well as doctors and lawyers. Let no mechanic suppose that h:3 situation is an unimportant one. It is not the trade or profession of a man which must give him character, but upon the man himself devolves the responsibility of giving standing and respectability to Lis calling. However the point may be controverted, it is so, that in our glorious country mind is the only ti ue standard of moral worth, and mind only ought to be the aristocracy known and acknowledged; for, " Worth makes the man. tlie want of it the fellow." Our mechanics are among the most useful msmbers of society ; the services of any other class of men may be as conveniently dispensed with as theirs. There is too great a disposition among laboring men to imagine themselves regarded lightly. This ought not so to be: foi the upngnt, iiouesi man, however humble his position, who requires no law but his word to make him fulfil an engagement, is a gentleman; and such only deserve the appeiation. Our mechanics do i?o1 properly appreciate each other: they seem rather to occupy antagonistical instead of contemporaneous relations one toward another. It is unfortunately too often the case, that they are the first to rise en masse lor the purpose of crying down one of their numbfr who may happen to discover some improvement upon old ways of doing things; and did the success of . :?strio-mntmir with one of their class ?Miy J1IVCIUIVII V depend upon their patronage, the man and his invention or discovery would be suffered to die and be buried, " unhonored and unsung." lie is justly regarded as a benefactor of his race " who can cau.-.e two blades of. grass to grow where but one grew before:" so also ought the man to he regarded who can accomplish as large an amount of labor in less time, and with greater ease, than was done before. The well-being and prosperity of our country depend upon the encouragement giv en to the arts ami sciences. Let us cautiously avoid expressing too readily an opinion in regard to any matter, until wo are sure of being right. "Judge before friendship, then confide till death," is a wise and safe motto, and may bo applied with propriety in this connection. "What every body says, must be so," is a very erroneous doctrine, and is capable of much greater harm than we at first imagine. No doubt many men, at different times, have been prevented from prosecuting ingenious plans and ideas, or making improvements and discoveries, for fear of encountering ridicule and contempt. Wo are aware that we live in an age of humbug and imposition?humbugs not confined to patent medicines, improved strawcutters, and such like, but humbugs in the human form; yet the advice "think before you speak" is the best that can be given now-a-days We are led to these remarks in noticing the late improvement made by a plain, unpretending, but worthy citizen of Kershaw District. We refer to Parker's Water Wheel, invented by Emanuel Parker, for wliich he has obtained letters patent. This is no humbug, but is the best water wheel, we believe, in the United States. With a head of ten feet of water, properly applied, Mr. Parker will warrant it to grind, where the materials of the mill are good, from twelve to twenty bushels per hour. This is not guess work, but fact, the truth of which has been and can be sustainhd by gentlemen of the highest respectability. Wo regard tho invention of Mr. Parker as a groat public honeflL Any good mechanic can mako this wheel. Its simplicity is its great value, and for durability and cheapness, it is unrivalled in this country, so far as we have been able to ascertain. All Mr. Parker asks is a trial. Persons desirous to communicate with him in relation to this matter, may address w Emanuel Parker, Camden, S. C." Later from Europe?Another advance in Cotton. m TJie steamer Niagara arrived at Halifax on Tuesday last, bringing accounts from Liverpooj up to the 27th ult. Cotton had advanced ?d. since the sailing of the previous steamer, and the market is represented as presenting a more favorable appearance, Fifty-seven thousand bales were sold during the week preceding the sailing of the steamer. The total amount of cotton on hand in Liverpool was 549,000 bales, of which 359,000 were American. The Havre cotton market was also reported as being active, and an advance of $d. had taken place. Sales of the week 14,000 bains. Hen. John S. Richardson. This eminent jurist departed this life at 5 o'clock, on Wednesday morning last, in Charleston, where he had been confined by sickness for several weeks. At the meeting of the Court at 10 o'clock, the Attorney General moved'an adjournment, to afford the Uar and community an opportunity of testifying their respect for his memory. Tn adjourning the Court, Judge O'Neall said: " It is unfortunately true. Judge Richard son, this morning at about half-past four, at his lodgings in this city, closed his useful life and and entered upon his everlasting rest. Sad indeed is it, and unusual that on two successive d.ivs. we should be called on to mourn the loss 1 of two Judges. Hitherto our Judges have been ! preserved by a remarkable Providence. At present, however, the chastening hand of God is upon us, and as our ranks are diminishing and the circle ol early associates, both 011 the Bench and at the Bar, is narrowing, it behoves us all, Lawyers and Judges to take the admonition houe! We must die! How soon, we cannot say! "Be ye also ready " is a divine command, which it would be wise to obey! Judge Richardson is well known here; he was educated at your College; studied Law here, and lived many years of his prime amoug you. He has filled the highest offices with honor and success. He has been a member of your Legislature, Speaker of your House of Representatitives, Attorney General, and final ly a Judge. This last office he has held since 1818. In it tnv knowledge of him has been long and intimate, and 1 am prepared to bear my testimony to his great Judicial worth. Few men had a higher sense of duty; he is now gathered to his fathers, from persisting too long in the dischasge of his duty. He possessed firmness, courage and endurance, more than most men. I have been associated with bim in many trials; never kave I seen himfalterl As an advocate he possessed unrivaled talents. As a Judge, his opinions, forming a considerable portion of our reported cases, will speak for him. But I may say, that in the consultation room, where a judge is more tried than any- { where else, I have often admired his acumen and readiness to start difficulties which it required the strongest to meet*and remove. But he is no more. In his seventy-fourth year ho lias been called from us. We have no right to grieve he died in the full triumph * " * * ? ** -! I of a Christian faith, and we are jusnnea in oelieving that he is in the placo of glorious rest prepared for him. He has died full of years and full of glory, and we can only say, it is God's will! The Judge said, to give the Bar, the officers of Court, jurors, and citizens, an opportunity of suitably testifying their respect to the deceased h.o most williucrlv trranted his motion, irivrbkAvif ? ? ?- ? ? a u and ordered the Court to be adjourned till 11, a m. to-morrow. The mail from Newberry C. H., via Winnsboro', arrived for the first time on Thursday, the 9th inst. We are informed, that tor the present^ tho schedule will be?Leave Newberry C. H. every Wednesday morning, arrive at Camden next day by 8 p. in.; leave Camden every Friday morning, arrive at Newberry C. II. next day by 8 p. ra. The Post Master General has not yet determined at what point on the road between this place and Winnsboro' he will establish an office?therebeing several applications. We would suggest, as the country is very thickly settled, the propriety of establishing at least two new offices on the route. | Delegates to the Nashville Convention. We learn that the Hon. Barnwell Rhett and Gen. D. F. Jamison have been elected Delegates to the Nashville Convention from the Congressional District of Beaufort, Barnwell and Colleton. We also learn that Hon. William DuBose and George A. Trenholm, Esq., have been elected delegates to represent the Congressii eal District of Charleston. J Gen. McDuffie. We learn from the Edgefield Advertiser, that Gen. McDuffie, in company with Col. Singleton, passed the night in that village, on Sunday, the 28th ult., on his way to his residence in Abbeville. Our cotemporary states, that though perhaps feebler in health, his mind 6eems to have improved since he passed through there in October last, and that his recollection of persons and things is better, and his conversation more connected. The Blaok River Watchman. We neglected, at the proper time, to notice the I reception of this paper, published at Sumterville by Messrs. Gilbert & DeLorme. It is of good r;tze, and the mechanical execution is very n^'dt The | publishers are both practical printers?one of them 1 /\fv ttracj AniMir 4kS? """"V c"6?o?U J" MHO vukc ocinu months during the past year?-we know him, and recommend him as overy worthy the esteem and encouragement of those among whom his lot has been cast. The oditorial department of the Watchman is under the charge of Messrs. Fraser and ? ? i . .1 i M-x j _ j A iitrvui, ana jrom me aoiuiy ana mauairy caiuuubu in the numbers before us, we hail it as a valuable acquisition to the press of the State. * The recent session of the Legislature of 01: io chartered fifty companies for the construction of plank roads. Private letters which have been received at Washington admit that the present Government of France cannot stand six calendar months. gaaaaeg??g??? Editorial Gleanings. ^ The son of a man worth wtwo hundred thousand," was found lying "dead drunk" in the . etrf ets of Pittsburg. A few steps from hiin lay the son of a man worth nothing, in the same condition. Whiskey is a great leveler. A party of Americans, travelling in Arabia, were robbed by the Bedouins, and the Consul at Cairo procured redress. ,v The amount of domestic cottons exported from Boston lor the last three months is $385^69; the same months last year, $220,116; Excess, 9!65r 183. From recent indications in our Legislative bodies, we are led to believe that great statesmen think " Tins is no world to play wiih mam met* and to tilt with lips: ,v We must have bloodv no?c* and cracked crowns.. And pass them current, too " * Cod Liver Oil is said to have iodine for its principal constituent Madame Anna Bishop will be in Philadelphia by flie 1st of May. When about to leave Mexico, she was recalled by the President, and gold, 8t?d presents, and favors cf every kind were liberally showered upon her. Hir.n Rjvehs.?We learn from a friend who ban just been on the Bigbee and Warrior rivers,that the flood ia getting alarmingly high. The Ittnda contiguous to both these rivers are completely submerged, and the plantations have been eutirely abandoned. The stands of cotton a short time since were very fine, and the nroepectsof a good crop cheering. The prospects are now blasted, for the cotton plants are entirely ruined, and it is too late for replanting. These rivere are still our the rise.?N. O Bulletin, May 1. ' A Hint to Mothers.?Rising early is a habit of , high importance to fix in children, and. in fanning it, there is far greater facility than in other cases. They usually retire to bed sometimes before their parents, and at daylight, or at least at sunrise, are generally awake and anxious to rise. Many of them are actually bred up with much difficulty to the habit of taking a morning nap, which, when once formed, generally prevails through life. Good tor Evil.?A young man, wishing to drown his dog, pushed him several tiroes into the Seine, and the last time he fell himself into the water. The dog seeing his master struggling in the stream, held him above water till assistance arrived. He that pryeth into every cloud may be stricken with a thunderbolt. * ' Hard Cash.?A key to every thing in life,,except L th and happiness. Will some one explain to us the meaning of "im rnense attraction?" ' rirtflii fv-? ic o tnnrn tn VnHmfrtiomakiro V.ntrlatii). \juujaitj io a ivuii iu ivviwugiiaiiiauiiif remarkable for singularly stupid men, aud hence the phrase "the wise men ofGotham." A patent has been taken out iu England ibr fastening shoes to the feet of horses, by drifting holes in the hoofs, and then fastening theeboeson with wires. " There is no little enemy.". A man either hates you with his whole heart, or hie do^Y bate- you at all. This hating a little, is like blowing; W a powder mill a little. It's a feat that cauY be aicL , N At St Joseph, Mo., on the 31st ult., there were 9000 persons waiting to cross the Plahfejo California ; gambling, to a great; extent, is carfiedjDU among the emigrants. Tliey are abot^redueing the postage between France and England. To whom you betray your secret, -you betray your liberty. . ' '. There are 300,000 Sons of Temperance, active menmers, m me o,uuu societies. Philip T. White, the celebrated temperance lecturer, id delivering addresses at Mobile. The Boston Traveler states that the small pox I is raging to an alarming extent in tbateity. * Idleness travels very leisurely,poverty 1 will soon overtake her. .Whata time they 11 have when they come together. The womeifwho regulady read the newspapers, will be much the more suitable companions tor. a well-informed husband, and exert more influence in the family than she otherwise could. Hiram Powers, the sculpto^ is engaged on an allegorical representation of America, the design being a beautiful female figure, sufficiently oyer the natural size to admit of being placed in an elevated position, surrounded and embellished with suitable devices. A lie is a breach of promise; for whoever seriously addresses his discourse, to. another, tacitly promises to speak the truth, because he knows that the truth is expected. : Ten cents is offered to the finder of the lost dignity of the United States Senate. The emigration to California this eeason will be as three or four to one over last year. . " No one is so accursed by fete,. No one so wholly desolate, But some heart, though unknown, Responds unto his own." [.Longfellow. " Tm sitting on the style, Mary," as the lover said when he seated himself on a bonnetof the Intact Paria footiirm. Cure for a Ring Work.?The. editor of the Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, furnishes the following receipt, which he says is infallible for the cure of tne ring worm: " Heat a shovel to a bright red?co verit with grains of Indian corn, press them with & cold Rat iron. Thev will burn to a coal, and exude an oil on the surface of the fiat iron, with wtuobi rub tho ring worm, and after one or two applications it will be kill as de?i as Julius Cesar," A Large Hammer.?The London Correspond' ent of the Philadelphia North American write* that Messrs. Nasinyth and Gaskill, the celebrated % . . . su _ ?A_i J 2 macnimsis 01 iuancnesier, are manui&ciuruig a gigantic steam hammer for an estalJishtnent at New York. It weighs six tons, and will be shipped in a few days from Liverpool to ite destination. It m the largest hammer that haB ever been made In England. The machinery by which it will be workod is brought to such perfection that a thick bar of iron can he sundered by one blow of the hammer, or an egg placed in a wine glass can to chipped at the top, without hreaking the glass. SnTTTH Pi?nT.TX?'? TonntTB 1Y1 *? W..n wuw*u ??Aon? iooton Monomunt,?"The South Carolina Block for the National Monument," says the National Intelligencer, " has arrived. It ha beautiful specimen of the production of the Palmetto State, being a gray and whito vetoed marble. The name and Arms of the State ore exceedingly well sculptured upcm die lace tn* bas relief. The material and workmanship am highly creditable to the State it is intended to represent in the National Monument." %